Male Portrait Bust

Description This bust was found in the house of Laberius Gallus, and the distinctive features suggest that it might represent him or a member of his family. Following the fashion of his day, he wears a toga with a heavy border folded into a band worn across the chest.

Exhibitions

• Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2008.

Provenance Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902